Safety and health essentials for small businessess
- Author/Creator:
- Martin, William F.
- Publication/Creation:
- Boston : Butterworth/Heinemann, c2001
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- Full Title:
- Safety and health essentials for small businessess William F. Martin, James B. Walters
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- Additional Author/Creators:
- Walters, James B.
Subjects/Genre
- Subjects:
- Industrial safety--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc
Small business--United States--Safety measures--Handbooks, manuals, etc
Description/Summary
- Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Authorsvii -- Preface ix -- Acknowledgementsxiv -- 1. The Safety and Health Program1 -- 2. Essential Processes in Hazard Control 13 -- 3. Hazard Analysis 22 -- 4. Safety Committees 35 -- 5. Accident Investigation Techniques 42 -- 6. Safety and Health Inspection Techniques 55 -- 7. Principles of Good Shop Planning 62 -- 8. Safe Working Surfaces 73 -- 9. Maintaining the Small Business Work Area 87 -- 10. Illumination and Color Safety97 -- 11. Fire Protection113 -- 12. Health Hazards152 -- 13. Personal Protective Equipment202 -- 14. Machine Guarding234 -- 15. Welding and Cutting Operations268 -- 16. Electrical Safety292 -- 17. Controlling Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne -- Pathogens321 -- 18. Lockout/Tagout336 -- 19. Behavior Change Methods349 -- 20. Violence in the Workplace366 -- 21. Asbestos Safety383 -- 22. Construction Safety413 -- 23. Hazardous Waste Operations447 -- 24. Noise and Hearing Conservation462 -- 25. Confined Spaces472 -- Appendix A: Model Policy Statements483 -- Appendix B: Self-Inspection Check Lists485 -- Appendix C: Codes of Safe Practices535 -- Index538.
- Summary:
- Safety and Health Essentials is the leading introductory guide to industrial safety and health. Written by a team of specialist contributors, under the editorship of William Martin, the book covers all aspects of safety management and will be a companion to the more detailed treatment found in Industrial Safety & Hygiene Handbooks.The book is most useful to small companies that do not have or cannot afford a full-time safety officer and to business managers and human resources staff who have responsibilities for health and safety issues in the workplace. The book will cover all the mo
- Language:
- English
- Language Note:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- 1 online resource (559 p.)
- General Note:
- Description based upon print version of record.
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 9936953773502486
- ISBN:
- 1-281-03927-6
9786611039271
0-08-051650-5 - OCLC Number:
- 476101264
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